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\u2605 To get the daily Sports Examiner Recap by e-mail: sign up here<\/a>! \u2605<\/p>\n \u2261 WORLD BOXING SEX SCREENING \u2261<\/p>\n The talk of the 2024 Olympic boxing competition was about the women\u2019s 57 kg and 66 kg divisions, won by Yu-ting Lin (TPE) and Algerian Imane Khelif, both accused of being biological men.<\/p>\n On Thursday, both came out and said they are not retired and one is planning on competing at the first World Boxing Championships in Liverpool (GBR) in September and will take the now-required sex-test to compete in the women\u2019s division.<\/p>\n Agence France Presse reported<\/a> that Lin\u2019s coach, Tzu-Chiang Tseng announced that she would comply with the new regulations:<\/p>\n \u201cThey announced that everyone must submit, so we will submit as well.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you want to compete you have to follow the rules of the competition. Since we are participating, we will go by their rules.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00b6<\/p>\n As for Khelif, a story from the French Nice Matin site quoted her manager Nasser Yesfah, that she was not boxing any more. On Thursday, Khelif slammed back in a Facebook post<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cI would like to make it clear to the public that the reports of my retirement from boxing are false. \u2026<\/p>\n \u201cI have never announced my retirement from boxing. I remain committed to my sporting career, I train regularly and I maintain my physical condition between Algeria and Qatar in preparation for upcoming events.\u201d<\/p>\n As for Tesfah, Khelif stated, \u201cThis person no longer represents me in any way,\u201d and that he \u201cbetrayed trust and country with his false and malicious statements.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00b6<\/p>\n Lin and Khelif both won world championship titles in event staged by the International Boxing Association (and its predecessor-in-name, AIBA) before the IBA disqualified them at its 2023 World Championships, citing ineligibility under its gender regulations, without specifics:<\/p>\n \u25cf Lin: World Champion 54 kg 2018; Worlds 57 kg bronze 2019; World Champion 57 kg 2022<\/p>\n \u25cf Khelif: Worlds 64 kg silver 2022<\/p>\n Both fought, without incident, at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, with Lin losing in the 57 kg round-of-16 and Khelif losing in the 60 kg quarterfinals. On Wednesday, World Boxing announced mandatory sex-testing<\/a> for the women\u2019s category, and for all boxers as of 1 January 2026:<\/p>\n \u201cUnder the policy, World Boxing will operate two categories as determined by sex: a men\u2019s category and a women\u2019s category. To be eligible for the men\u2019s category, a competitor must be male at birth. To be eligible for the women\u2019s category, a competitor must be female at birth.<\/p>\n \u201cParticipation in either category will be determined by a PCR or functional medical equivalent genetic screening test to determine sex at birth. The PCR test is a laboratory technique used to detect specific genetic material, in this case the SRY gene, which reveals the presence of the Y chromosome, that is an indicator of biological sex. The test can be conducted by nasal\/mouth swab, saliva or blood.<\/p>\n \u201cAthletes deemed to be male at birth, as evidenced by the presence of Y chromosome genetic material (the SRY gene) or with a difference of sexual development (DSD) where male androgenization occurs, will be eligible to compete in the male category.<\/p>\n \u201cAthletes deemed to be female at birth, as evidenced by the presence of XX chromosomes or the absence of Y chromosome genetic material (the SRY gene) or with a DSD where male androgenization does not occur, will be eligible to compete in the female category.\u201d<\/p>\n The World Boxing Championships in Liverpool are scheduled for 4-14 September.<\/p>\n \u00b6<\/p>\n \u2605 Receive our exclusive, weekday TSX Recap by e-mail by clicking here<\/a>.
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